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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pushkin was killed in a duel with whom in 1837?
(a) Georges-Charles de Heeckeren.
(b) Edward Vizetelly.
(c) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(d) Edmond de Polignac.

2. When were many Pozzis burned to death for their faith in the Protestant temple of Teglio?
(a) 1620.
(b) 1660.
(c) 1590.
(d) 1700.

3. How old was Montesquiou when he traveled to London in 1885?
(a) 30.
(b) 35.
(c) 38.
(d) 40.

4. When did the author first see in person the painting that inspired this book?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2008.

5. What was the name of Samuel Pozzi's mother?
(a) Emma Fischoff.
(b) Ines Escot-Meslon.
(c) Sarah Bernhardt.
(d) Marie Colombier.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what museum did the author first see the painting that inspired this book?

2. To whom was the letter from John Singer Sargent that Dr. Pozzi and his companions brought to London in 1885?

3. Whose portrait of Montesquiou appeared on the 1967 cover of Against Nature?

4. Who was the prince among the three men who visited London in 1885?

5. Who wrote the novel A Rebours?

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